Artificial bait.



H. E. LOWE.-

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.16, 1911.

Patented N011. 21, 1911'.

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' WITNESSES INVENTOR I! HarryELo'W To all whom it may concern:

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- Application filed September 16, 1911. Serial :0. 649,637.

' an'rmcm BAIT.

Be it known that I, HARRY E. Lown, a citizen of the United States of'America,-residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of which the fol-. lowingis a specification, reference being had I therein to the accompanying drawing.

- This invention relates to artificial bait for fishing outfits, and the primary objectof,

my invention is to provide an artificial min now that can be advantageously used .in trolling streams'or bodies of water containing weeds, grass, rocks and other obstructionsthat would'interfere with the use'of' an ordinary .typeof fish hook.

Another object of this invention is to provide an artificial'minnow with a series of then claimed.

hooks that are released by the mouth of a fish closing upon the minnow.

A further object of this invention is to furnish an artificial minnow with simple and effective means for-protect-in the hooks thereof from engaging in wees crags of rocks.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an artificial minnow that is inexpensive to manufacture, durable and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and Reference will now be-had to the drawing, wherein Fi re 1 is a side elevation of the artificial view of a portion of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line III III of Fi 2, and Fi 4 is a similar view taken on t e lme IV V of Fig. 2.

A bait in accordance with this invention comprises a body having sections 1 and 2, said sections having fiat sides 3 to confront each other and the other sides of the sections 1 and 2 are shaped whereby the bait will have the appearance of a minnow or small fish. The sections 1 and 2 areconnected by rivets 4 or other fastening means, and the ,head end of the bait has a cap -or nose 5 in which is fixed the end of a line 6. This cap or nose has the outer surface thereof flus with the sections '1 and 2 'and'the line is and the" ait, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional held in such a manner that the bait will othe matter.

The sections 1 and 2 havethe fiat confronting faces thereof provided with longitudinal grooves forming a longitudinal bore 7 that extends from the tail 8 of thelbait to a oint in proximity to the head of the bait. T e inner end of thebore-7 is enlarged to provide a cavity 9, and the outer end of the ore terminates in a recess 10 in the tail 8. The bore 7, intermediate the ends thereof,

wardly' extending openings 11 terminating at the outer sides of'the bait.

Arranged within the bore 7 -is a longitudinal rod 12 and the inner end of this rodextends through a plate 13 mounted in one end of the cavity 9. The end of the rod is attached to a head 14 and encircling said rod, between the head 14 and the. p1ate.13, is .an

readily glide by and between weeds and is in communication with radially and rearflnwimflbn o Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

extensible and contractible spring 15 which is connected at one end to the head 14 and at its other end to the plate 13. When the rod 12 is in the position as shown in Fig. 2, the spring 15 is extended, so that when the rod 12 is released, the contracting of the spring. 15 will force the rod 12 outwardly.

, Suitably connected to.the rod 12, as at 16 are the inner ends of radially disposed hooks ings'll with the pointed or barbed ends 18 17, said hooks extending through the openthereof pointing toward the head of the bait.v Suitably connected tothe outer end of the rod 12, as at 19 is another series of hooks 20, these hooks extending out of the recess 10 of the tail 8. 1

Secured'to-the outer sides of the bait as at 21 are resilient guards 22, said guards bifurcated, as at 23. These resilient guards hooked or barbed ends of the hooks 17fand 20 as shown in Fig. 2 and hold the hooks in a retractedv position, but immediately upon forced off the hooks, due tothe fact that pressure upon the groove will bear the free ends thereof inwardly so that the said free ends will slide off of the barbed ends of the hooks, due to thefact that the free ends of the roove are bifurcated or have V shaped notc es as clearly indicated in 1, the

oove bearing upon the barbed en s ooks at the center of the wall of the notches.

having the outer ends thereof forked' or are adapted -to normally bear upon the of the the mouth of a fish closing upon either side of the resilient guards these latter will be When the central, ortions of the walls of the notches pass 0 the barbed ends of the hooks the hooks are released and the spring .15 immediately shifts the rod 12 outwardly and the hooks to a osition approximately that shown by dotted lines in Fig.2.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the hooks are guarded until the artifical bait is grabbed b a fish, and it is a well lmown fact that w en trollin that this operation is such that the artificial bait is jerked upon by the fish, consequently the resilient guards will be actuated by the fish to release the hooks. By instantly pulling upon the line 6 when the artificial bait is grabbed, the hooks will engage in the mouth of the fish and prevent its escape. This is especially true when the fish is large enough {:30 move the resilient guards centrally of t e ait. The artificial bait can be made of light and durable non-corrosive metal and fin: ished to present the appearance of a minnow or 0t er small fish.

.What I claim is An artifical bait comprising a s' tional body, said body havin radiall disposed openmgs intermediate t e ends t ereof and a recess at the tail end'of said body, 2. Iongitudinal sprin held rod arranged centrally of said body, ooks connected to said rod and rotruding from said radially disposed openlng; and said recess, and resllient guards carried by the outer sides of said body and holding said hooks normally retracted.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLovrrz; CHRISTINA T. Hooo.

HARRY E. LOWE. 

